People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …
More than 30% of the total primary energy in the world is consumed in buildings. It is crucial to reduce building energy consumption in order to preserve energy resources and mitigate …
The availability of the building's operation data and occupancy information has been crucial to support the evaluation of existing models and development of new data-driven …
M Jia, RS Srinivasan, AA Raheem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy consumption and indoor environment of buildings are proved to be largely influenced by the presence and behaviors of occupants. The uncertainty caused by …
Energy-related behaviors of occupants constitute a key factor influencing building performance; accordingly, the measured occupant data can support the objective …
The availability of computational power, and a wealth of data from sensors have boosted the development of model-based predictive control for smart and effective control of advanced …
Occupant-related inputs are significant parameters that influence energy simulation accuracy at both the building and urban levels. In most previous research works, fixed …
S Gilani, W O'Brien, HB Gunay, JS Carrizo - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Occupants account for a significant impact on building performance through their interactions with zone level building components. Empirically-derived occupant models …
S Gilani, W O'Brien - Journal of building performance simulation, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Modelling occupant behaviours presents an opportunity to better predict building energy performance and comfort in real situations to support building design and operation. The …